We're busy doin' nothin'
Workin' the whole day through
Tryin' to find lots of things not to do
We're busy goin' nowhere
Isn't it just a crime
We'd like to be unhappy, but
We never do have the time

I have to watch the river
To see that it doesn't stop
And stick around the rosebuds
So they'll know when to pop
And keep the crickets cheerful
They're really a solemn bunch
Hustle, bustle
And only an hour for lunch

We're busy doin' nothin'
Workin' the whole day through
Tryin' to find lots of things not to do
We're busy goin' nowhere
Isn't it just a crime
We'd like to be unhappy, but
We never do have the time

I have to wake the Sun up
He's liable to sleep all day
And then inspect the rainbows
So they'll be bright and gay
I must rehearse the songbirds
To see that they sing in key
Hustle, bustle
And never a moment free

We're busy doin' nothin'
Workin' the whole day through
Tryin' to find lots of things not to do
We're busy going nowhere
Isn't it just a crime
We'd like to be unhappy, but
We never do have the time

I have to meet a turtle
I'm teachin' him how to swim
Then I have to shine the dewdrops
You know they're looking rather dim
I told my friend, the robin
I'd buy him a brand new vest
Hustle, bustle
We never do have
We never do have
We never do, never do
Never do, never do, never do have the time
Never do have the time

"In 1988 [Ron] Paul made a presidential campaign stop at the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws while running on the Libertarian Party ticket. 'What was so bad about the period from 1776 to 1914?' Paul wondered, referring to a time in American history when drugs were legal on the federal, and, in many towns, local level. 'In the 20th Century, the doctors, like all business people, decided that there ought to be a monopoly: «If you wanted a little bit of codeine in your cough medicine, it would be much better if you come to me so I can charge you $25 for a prescription»'.

Paul, in a speech aired at the time on C-SPAN went on. 'Before the 20th Century there was none of that and it was the medical profession as well as many other trade groups that agitated for the laws. And you know there’s a pretty good case made that this same concept was built in with racism as well. We do know that opium was used by the Chinese and the Chinese were not welcomed in this country', Paul said. 'We do know that the blacks at times use heroin, opium and the laws have been used against them. There have been times that it has been recognized that the Latin Americans use marijuana and the laws have been written against them. But lo and behold the drug that inebriates most of the members of Congress has not been touched because they're up there drinking alcohol'". (aqui)

"Of all the millions of ideas that have permeated Dave Davies' psyche (...) surely his most far-reaching one was the decision, one day in 1964, to take a Gillette razorblade to the speaker cone oh his Elpico amplifier, slitting it repeatedly from the center to the edge. Fed through a larger amp - a Vox AC30 - the violated Elpico made a ferocious distorted noise that sent 'You Relly Got Me', The Kinks third single, hurtling to the top of the UK charts in September 1964. For inventing that guitar sound, Davies has often been credited as a pioneer of heavy metal. He remembers Jimi Hendrix telling him, around 1967, that 'You Really Got Me' had been a landmark record in the development of rock". (David Cavanagh, "Uncut" de Janeiro de 2012)